Doctor: AG shouldn’t get abortion patient records

Lawyers for a doctor who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim told a judge that Indiana’s attorney general should not be allowed to access patient medical records for an investigation into undisclosed complaints. Dr. Caitlin Bernard; her medical partner, Dr. Amy Caldwell; and their patients sued Attorney General Todd Rokita to try to stop him from accessing the records. The doctors claim Rokita’s conduct “violates numerous Indiana statutes,” including a state requirement that his office first determine consumer complaints have “merit” before he can investigate physicians and other licensed professionals. The state argued it is allowed to access the records to investigate three consumer complaints that accuse Bernard of improper care.